Durbin amendment to S14, the Energy bill

[realFedUp]

Establishes 40 mile per gallon standard for cars and light
trucks by 2015 and
Would establish a 27.5 mile per gallon standard for other vehicles
by 2015.

Why would Dems like Feingold and Stabanow vote against this?

IMO, if American car makers don't compete with Honda and Toyota
making hybrids, they will be dinosaurs relatively quickly.

[hippiechick]

1. Are they against the amendment or the entire bill ?

Background anyone ?

:hippie:

[realFedUp]

3. against the Durbin amendment not the whole bill

.
Now voting on Levin/Bond amendment....not good.

Actually any amendment with Bond attached to it is suspect.

[realFedUp]

6. Levin/Bond amendment - 66 yeas

amendment passed.

Recommending higher standards to the Transportation
Dept. is kinda like recommending kids don't eat candy.

[realFedUp]

2. 65 nays

:-(

[hedda_foil]

4. Levin and Stabenow=MI=automakers=autoworkers

I don't like the amendment at all, and think that Detroit would actually compete far more effectively if they had to race to meet the Durbin standards.

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. I'm confused.

Do you like or dislike the Durbin amendment?

[LynneSin]

7. I wouldn't be suprised to see Carper vote against this

which pisses me off. But we have a couple of Auto Plants here in DE and as an ex-governor of DE I swear they have him in his pocket.

We have the technology to make our cars more efficient and yet we never do so!

[NewJerseyDem]

8. He voted yes, Biden voted no

Carper is very pro-environment. He is a leader on a bill with Lincoln Chafee, Judd Gregg, and Lamar Alexander that is trying to improve the environment (Gregg and Chafee vote yes as well). It is very much opposed by the Bush Administration, but it is gaining some steam in Congress. It is probably doomed because the Environment Commitee chairman is Jim Inhofe who hates the environment. But Carper seems pretty good on the environment even though he is more moderate on other issues.

Unfortunately, your other senator isn't as pro-environment. Maybe, Biden is the real pawn of the Delaware auto industry.

[NewJerseyDem]

9. Dems voting no

Baucus
Bayh
Biden
Breaux
Byrd
Conrad
Dorgan
Feingold
Johnson
Kohl
Landrieu
Levin
Lincoln
Mikulski
Miller
Nelson(NE)
Pryor
Stabenow

Graham, Kerry, Lieberman too busy running for president to vote